Quotes About Efficiency

The cleaner and neater your work environment, the more positive, productive and confident you feel.

The second rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long.

Time management is really life management

You can get control of your time and your life only by changing the way you think, work, and deal with the never-ending river of responsibilities that flows over you each day. You can get control of your tasks and activities only to the degree that you stop doing some things and start spending more time on the few activities that can really make a difference in your life.

Before you begin work, always ask yourself, "Is this task in the top 20 percent of my activities or in the bottom 80 percent?

Your "frog" is your biggest, most important task, the one you are most likely to procrastinate on if you don't do something about it. It is also the one task that can have the greatest positive impact on your life and results at the moment. The

The second rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long. The

effective people are those who launch directly into their major tasks and then discipline themselves to work steadily and single-mindedly until those tasks are complete. "Failure to execute" is one of the biggest problems in organizations today.

We have moved from the Age of Manpower to the Age of Mind-power. In this new age, you are no longer rewarded for the hours you put in but for what you put into those hours.

Pronto puedes estar tan ocupado con las actividades diarias del trabajo que pierdas de vista los resultados generales requeridos.

Set the table: Decide exactly what you want. Clarity is essential. Write out your goals and objectives before you begin. 2.  Plan every day in advance: Think on paper. Every minute you spend in planning can save you five or ten minutes in execution.

hacen correctamente las cosas adecuadas.

Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance." When

The good news is that the faster you move, the more energy you have. The faster you move, the more you get done and the more effective you feel. The faster you move, the more you learn. The faster you move, the more competent and capable you become at anything you try— be it homework, music, sports, or anything else you put your mind to. The faster you work and the more you get done, the higher will be your levels of self-esteem, self-respect, and personal pride.

Upgrading your skills is one of the most important personal productivity principles of all. Learn what you need to learn so that you can do your work in an excellent fashion. The better you become at eating a particular type of frog, the more likely you are to just plunge in and get it done. A major

Una de las maneras más rápidas y mejores de dejar de postergar y conseguir hacer más cosas velozmente es ser absoluta- mente excelente en las áreas clave de resultados. Esto puede ser tan importante como cualquier otra cosa que haga en su vida o su carrera.

Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

every minute spent in planning saves as many as ten minutes in execution.

your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to get started on that task and to get it done both quickly and well, will probably have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you can develop. An

Tu capacidad de delegar y después asegurarte de que el empleado cumple es el factor determinante de tu éxito como gerente. Con la delegación, tu potencial es ilimitado. Sin la habilidad de delegar, tendrás que hacerlo todo tú.

2. Plan every day in advance: Think on paper. Every minute you spend in planning can save you five or ten minutes in execution.

3. Apply the 80/ 20 Rule to everything: Twenty percent of your activities will account for 80 percent of your results. Always concentrate your efforts on that top 20 percent.

If I could do only three things on this list, all day long, what would be the third item?

5. Practice creative procrastination: Since you can't do everything, you must learn to deliberately put off those tasks that are of low value so that you have enough time to do the few things that really count.